Gluttony
Amongst all the Otago bird-watching, we also ate titanic quantities of very good food.
On the way home, we stopped in Moeraki and enjoyed a lunch at Fleur’s, which would be that little building by the pier on the right side of the harbor in the previous post. Their claim to fame is proximity to all those fishing boats. Yep, fresh fish.
Anna opted for the fish of the day, prepared nicely with, ya know, capers and that sort of frou-frou junk.
I, on the other hand, opted for the cold platter.
Woah. From the foreground, clockwise: ceviche (in the abalone shell), steamed mussels and clams, blue cod waldorf, one whole smoked leatherjacket, smoked mussels, smoked eel, smoked ling, smoked salmon, gravalox (mostly hidden), one whole elephant fish head (smoked), and blue cod “wings,” which is a whole tail section the size of my hand, smoked. Oh, and two lemons wedges and some garnish. What, no chips?
Rest assured, with persistence and a couple of handles of beer, we made it through.
For my money, the perfect meal would be that smoked leather jacket, some fine crackers and a bit of mustard or horseradish. Tasty!
[one of these days I'll wise up and post my follow-up post first so it appears below the main post, which is below...]
Category: New Zealand Comments Off